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Marion Crook's latest whodunnit revels in history and book culture

Marion Crook's latest whodunnit revels in history and book culture

Danger in Edinburgh is a rollicking murder plot in a Scottish setting
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Green tech lights way to theatre efficiencies at Heritage Playhouse

Green tech lights way to theatre efficiencies at Heritage Playhouse

One of the Sunshine Coast’s most venerable performance venues is making dramatic updates to its infrastructure, with new energy-efficient stage lighting the most recent addition to enhancements at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse. 
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Sunshine Coast SAR can conduct most rope rescues again

Sunshine Coast SAR can conduct most rope rescues again

Search and Rescue volunteers in BC had not been able to access the team leaders training for six years until October 2022
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Pumpkin fundraiser a smashing good time

Pumpkin fundraiser a smashing good time

Coast kids were delighted at RentalEquip's second annual Pumpkin Smash fundrasier on Nov. 5. The weekend after Halloween, people were invited to bring their pumpkins to be thrown from 70 feet high or crushed by the company's cement mixer.
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Art Beat: Baroque music meets modern talent in Coast Recital Society's latest

Art Beat: Baroque music meets modern talent in Coast Recital Society's latest

Hear Montreal cellist Elinor Frey in concert on Nov. 6, watch Kenneth Branagh's Belfast Nov. 7 & 12 and attend the David King tribute Nov. 20. Here's what's coming up in the world of arts and culture on the Coast.
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Does your Sunshine Coast home hold long-term rental opportunity?

Does your Sunshine Coast home hold long-term rental opportunity?

Cover the Coast presents Home Suite Home, a one-stop opportunity to learn everything you need to know about adding a long-term rental to your property either by utilizing an empty suite or auxiliary building, or constructing a new one. It is at the Roberts Creek Hall on Nov. 12 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Gibsons council members sworn in for 2022-2026 term

Gibsons council members sworn in for 2022-2026 term

Here is your 2022-2026 Gibsons council
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Letter: Actually, water is part of tourism planning on the Coast

Letter: Actually, water is part of tourism planning on the Coast

'Visitors aren’t the “big water users” they are often claimed to be. In a recent report, SCRD staff overlaid water usage data with long weekends throughout the year, and there was no correlation to increased water usage. During the recent Art Crawl, a huge draw for tourists, water usage was lower on Saturday, Oct 22 than the entire week prior.'
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Halfmoon Happenings: Community association holding Friday night town hall

Halfmoon Happenings: Community association holding Friday night town hall

Future of community hall to be discussed, among other things
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Possible Halfmoon Bay hall site change among topics that may arise at Nov. 4 town hall

Possible Halfmoon Bay hall site change among topics that may arise at Nov. 4 town hall

While MLA Nicholas Simons will be speaking to subdivision stormwater impacts, tree-cutting on private properties and dock tenures at a virtual town hall Nov. 4, the HBCA is also expecting questions about a potential plan to build a smaller community hall at Conner Park, instead of Coopers Green.
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